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I’m a Soul, Man

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Matt Stone

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What is a soul? Is it something we have or something we are? This is a question that Delmar B. Epp explores in “I’m a Soul, Man: One Psychologist’s Reflection on Human Nature“.

The different options as he sees them are:

  • Radical dualism
  • Emergent dualism
  • Reductive materialism
  • Nonreductive physicalism

The fourth seems closest to my own view? What about you?

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3 responses to “I’m a Soul, Man”

  1. Andii Avatar
    Andii

    Me too. Though I’m not entirely convinced by its distinction to emergent dualism.

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  2. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    Well, I know that in the Bible the word translated “soul” came from the word “nephesh” referring to a literal physical, flesh and blood creation.

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  3. John Avatar
    John

    Hi Matthew, I havent posted a comment in a while. Please find a radically different Understanding of what we are in Truth and Reality via this relatively new website:
    http://www.consciousnessitself.org

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